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Add to readme how to avoid UAC prompt in Windows
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seth-reeser committed Oct 13, 2015
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Expand Up @@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ elevated privileges. If hostmanager detects that it cannot overwrite the file,
it will attempt to do so with elevated privileges, causing the
[UAC](http:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control) prompt to appear.

To avoid the UAC prompt, open ```%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\``` in
Explorer, right-click the hosts file, go to Properties > Security > Edit
and give your user Modify permission.

### UAC limitations

Due to limitations caused by UAC, cancelling out of the UAC prompt will not cause any
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